OldLady
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And nothing you're saying is untrue. However, it is also not true that the tax bill itself kicks anyone off insurance, which is the sound byte the Dems are using.You are aware they can still buy insurance, correct? They just don't pay a penalty if they decide they don't want to buy insurance. In short, their freedom of choice has been restored.
You people don't understand how insurance works. Young, health people will probably not buy if they don't have to. That leaves a pool of middle age and older people who are less healthy. THEIR rates skyrocket because the pool is tilted - they can no longer afford the premium.
Then you have millions of people, young and old with no health insurance who use the emergency room as their primary physician because they no longer have preventative care. That drives up procedure costs because hospitals can only take so many charity cases. And premiums rise even further.
It's really that simple.
It would be next year (19) before any of this actually starts to show. The premiums for this year are already locked in.